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Dec 6, 2024

Gene Therapy Protects Rats From Motor Neuron Disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

UW–Madison researchers used gene therapy to prevent hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) in a rat model, introducing a healthy version of the Trk-fused gene to compensate for the mutated one. This prevented the onset of HSP symptoms in rats.

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